2010 is coming. Smart companies try to anticipate and prepare for trends, changes and opportunities in the way they conduct business. Below are just a few of the trends which will surface next year.

Social Computing - Enterprises in 2010 will spend more time on the use of social media and software in their daily work processes, and will work to integrate them. For instance some of our San Diego real estate web sites will include more features such as built in Facebook and LinkedIn widgets to aggregate social media content accessibility.

Mobile Applications - By year-end 2010, 1.2 billion people will carry handsets capable of rich, mobile commerce providing a new era of convergence of the mobile Web. There are already many thousands of applications for platforms such as the Apple iPhone and others. As more companies recognize how many people depend on their mobile devices, they will step forward and create mobile versions of their websites and mobile apps to support their business processes.

Advanced Analytics - Analytical tools will continue to be useful in what-if scenarios and making decisions - both sales and strategy related.  Annual budgets and policies will give way to more informed decitions. One way the data is being collected more than before is today’s CRM systems - where all company staff members are looking at the same data, and are enhancing and addint to it on a daily basis.

Syndication - Already made popular by RSS, syndication of listings - real estate, autos, and other items for sale - will become more commonplace as a way to increase ecommerce visibility.